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The penitent pardoned a treatise wherein is handled the duty of confession of sin…
The penitent pardoned a treatise wherein is handled the duty of confession of sin and the privilege of the pardon of sin : together with a discourse of Christs ascension into heaven and of his coming again from heaven : wherein the opinion of the Chiliasts is considered and solidly confuted / being the sum and substance of several sermons preached by that faithful servant of Christ, Mr. Christopher Love ...The penitent pardoned a treatise wherein is handled the duty of confession of sin and the priviledge of the pardon of sin : together with a discourse of Christs ascension into heaven and of his coming again from heaven : wherein the opinion of the Chiliasts is considered and solidly confuted / being the sum and substance of several sermons preached by that faithful servant of Christ, Mr. Christopher Love ...
London: printed for John Rothwell, 1657
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Seventhly, To sin against the motions of Gods spirit, aggravates sin, when the spirit of God shall in thy Conscience persuade thee that thou wouldst not follow such wicked ways as thou art walking in; when the Spirit of God shall come and woo thee to be reconciled, to alter thy course, and to walk in better paths; when not only the voice of conscience, but the motions of Gods Spirit shall be stifled, this aggravates sin: Hence it is that Scripture in setting out the wronging and withstanding the spirits motion, whether to good, or from evil, doth ascend by gradations: sometimes it is called quenching the spirit;1 Quench not the Spirit; a higher degree, there is a ⟨p. 111⟩grieving the Spirit, 2when there are frequent acts to withstand divine motions, that is a grieving the Spirit. And then there is an higher aggravation then this, that is, resisting the Spirit, Act. 7. 51. Ye stiff necked, and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost, as your Fathers did, so do ye: This is caused by pertinaciousness in withstanding the spirits motion. And then the scripture speaks of vexing the spirit, Isa. 63. 10. But they rebelled and vexed his holy spirit, therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and fought against them: This is not only by one single act; but when continually throughout thy course, thou hast a wilful and a gainsaying heart against all the motions of Gods spirit within thee: Must not this be a great evil in thee, when thou dost quench, grieve, resist, and vex the spirit? all these circumstances must needs aggravate and greaten thy sin.
Seventhly, To sin against the motions of Gods spirit, aggravates sin, when the spirit of God shall in thy Conscience perswade thee that thou wouldst not follow such wicked waies as thou art walking in; when the Spirit of God shall come and wooe thee to be reconciled, to alter thy course, and to walk in better paths; when not only the voice of conscience, but the motions of Gods Spirit shall be stifled, this aggravates sin: Hence it is that Scripture in setting out the wronging and withstanding the spirits motion, whether to good, or from evill, doth ascend by gradations: sometimes it is called quenching the spirit;